Episodes
1. I Have Been Here Before
May 24, 1982
90 min
Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.
Guest Stars:
Herbert Lom, Anthony Valentine, Lorna Heilbron, James Griffiths, Leslie Sands
2. On Approval
June 21, 1982
120 min
Wealthy widow Maria invites long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry. Mutual friends George, Duke of Bristol and his companion Helen decide to make it a foursome.
Guest Stars:
Penelope Keith, Jeremy Brett, Benjamin Whitrow, Lindsay Duncan
3. Little Eyolf
July 19, 1982
100 min
Writer Alfred is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to wealthy Rita. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.
Guest Stars:
Anthony Hopkins, Diana Rigg, Charles Dance, Peggy Ashcroft, Emma Piper
4. The Critic
August 23, 1982
120 min
Foppish, would-be playwright-critic Mr Puff invites his literary-minded associates to a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he's written a hit.
Guest Stars:
Hywel Bennett, John Gielgud, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosemary Leach, Norman Rodway
5. The White Guard
September 20, 1982
120 min
In late 1918 Ukraine, the various armies of the Ukrainian War of Independence (the White Army, the Red Army, the Imperial German Army and Ukrainian nationalists) fight over the city of Kiev, leaving the fate of the Turbin family in ambiguity.
Guest Stars:
Michael Pennington, Mark Draper, Laura Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Shrapnel
